Minnesota Vikings News & Discussion – Weekend Edition: 4 JUn 2022

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Sorry about forgetting to post the weekend thread again, it’ll take a while to get into the habit of posting it. I mentioned yesterday that we’ve installed a plug-in to facilitate embedding within the comments. I’ll play around with that this morning and try to get it functional.

We had a great night fishing last night, kiddo blew us all out of the water & caught four walleye in the short time we were out there. Good times were had by all. We’re gonna pack up shortly & head out to the lake and spend the rest of the weekend camping. Y’all have a great weekend.

Over at Vikings.com, check out highlights from yesterday’s OTA #9.

A great day in the MLB yesterday! The Twins curbstomped the Blue Jays, and the Braves topped the Rockies, links courtesy of FoxSports.

That’s all there is, folks. Have at it in the comments, and most of all, be cool to one another.

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norseman1
norseman1
5 June 2022 8:23 pm

Was actually going to watch a little NBA. ESPN wants a subscription, ESPN+ i guess, LMAO.

norseman1
norseman1
5 June 2022 7:44 pm

Oh yeah, FJB.

norseman1
norseman1
5 June 2022 7:39 pm

It’s frustrating, the cap was created to make more teams competitive. Now position players are making it inordinate. Qb money is bs, now wr, back where we started.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  norseman1
5 June 2022 8:58 pm

Teams gotta find that right mix of top tier talent and rookie contracts.

Balancing act for sure.

Rams built a semi super teamโ€ฆ who knows the sustainability though.

norseman1
norseman1
5 June 2022 5:40 pm

Hey 5, your buddy Kane ain’t playing tomorrow.

Fivefingers
Reply to  norseman1
5 June 2022 6:43 pm

saw that, good

norseman1
norseman1
5 June 2022 4:57 pm

Twinks out about 18 players, take 2 of 3 from Jays, who woulda thunk.

FloridaSKOL
5 June 2022 12:13 pm

Smoking baby back ribs and watching Hockey. A nice afternoon.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  FloridaSKOL
5 June 2022 12:38 pm

Nice. Last i looked for ribs they didn’t appear all that good and cost $$$$.

Kodiak
5 June 2022 11:55 am

โ€œKirk Cousins is the ultimate system quarterback.โ€

โ€œSystem quarterbackโ€ is one of the last phrases that anyone from the position group wants to hear used to describe their play on the field.
Essentially, it means that the success of someone like Cousins is mostly due to the coaching and offensive scheme that heโ€™s being asked to run and less on the quarterbackโ€™s actual skill-set.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Kodiak
5 June 2022 1:06 pm

Covers most qb’s except elite ones. Mahomies, Allen, Herbert come to mind.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  norseman1
5 June 2022 1:07 pm

Dude from bungals too.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
5 June 2022 1:43 pm

This is a very stupid comment. Cousins has had a different OC every one of his seven years as a starter and produced tons of yards and tons of TD’s despite this. He’s anything BUT a system QB. He has had to produce regardless of his terrible O-line, and not running the same offense two years in a row at any time in his career. Compare that to Tom Brady who has never in his career played behind a bad O-line and had three OC’s in 20 years with the Patriots.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 June 2022 1:47 pm

He deserves better line play, think he gets it this year. Fingers crossed.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 June 2022 2:13 pm

Agreeโ€ฆyou donโ€™t produce the numbers Kirk does and be a qb relying on coaches and schemeโ€™s to be effective. Thats just a doomer making up his own hater twist on an individual player in a team game.

Kirk was 7-1 last year on 4th qtr comebackโ€™s.
Vikings defense was 0-8 on holding 4th qtr leads.

You tell me Kirkโ€™s not talented producing like that in that team situation Iโ€™ll tell you either you have a set bias on said player or youโ€™re a fucking ignorant idiot when it comes to football.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Lifer
5 June 2022 2:29 pm

Blanket criticism, not sure where that comes from.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  norseman1
5 June 2022 3:15 pm

10 years of listening to doomers spew their BS. Thats where.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Lifer
5 June 2022 2:49 pm

Since 2018 Cousins is 5th in the league in passing TD production in an offense built around the RB and really if Zim had his way he’d run the ball every damn play. Most TD’s in a four year span in Vikings history, and 5th most in the league over the past four years.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 June 2022 3:12 pm

Correctโ€ฆ

Zimmer actually increased the pressure on his QB to be a Mahomes / Wilson style QB when he isnโ€™t by keeping everything so defense bend donโ€™t break / run the ball conservative it was clear he didnโ€™t understand his offenseโ€™s strengths weaknesses or didnโ€™t give a shit. So glad he was sent packing. KOC wonโ€™t play it that way.

Fivefingers
Reply to  Kodiak
5 June 2022 7:00 pm

100%, he sux. 3m gets you the same

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Fivefingers
5 June 2022 7:11 pm

Minion? Wow…

Fivefingers
Reply to  norseman1
5 June 2022 7:12 pm

case

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Fivefingers
5 June 2022 7:21 pm

Pay him 6-7 mil? Thought you wanted to lose? Pay a PS nothing then.

Fivefingers
5 June 2022 10:38 am

skols, take Tampa today

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Fivefingers
5 June 2022 12:41 pm

I did already. No way they lose three in a row

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Fivefingers
5 June 2022 3:55 pm

Stupid lightening. Overhyped

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  SkoIdiers
5 June 2022 5:04 pm

Wow what a clutch goal letโ€™s gooo

Fivefingers
Reply to  SkoIdiers
5 June 2022 6:44 pm

lol, don’t panic grasshopper

Fivefingers
5 June 2022 10:30 am

Kane is a dirty POS, gonna fight him myself. Avs roll though!

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Fivefingers
5 June 2022 11:51 am

Lolโ€ฆsure you will.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Fivefingers
5 June 2022 12:21 pm

Thought he’d do something, been watching series. Kadril 2nd line center? Who’s taking his place? Line juggling? Think i read he hurt his hand. Not sure, always upper/lower body crap.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Gone fishin'
5 June 2022 8:24 am

On the downside, Baker Mayfieldโ€™s career is in limbo. On the upside, I think he may be closing in on the Pink Panther. pic.twitter.com/YjDS35UmWS

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) June 4, 2022

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
5 June 2022 8:25 am

Trying to get the tweet image to show but itโ€™s only doing the text. This was the copy link.

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
5 June 2022 8:25 am

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Lifer
5 June 2022 8:26 am

This is the embedded link

Fivefingers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
5 June 2022 10:56 am

catch anything or do you need some tips from me?

Fivefingers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
5 June 2022 11:49 am

nice, gills good to eat

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 June 2022 10:30 pm

Nice

Mick
Mick
4 June 2022 9:17 pm

Mick
Mick
4 June 2022 9:12 pm

Holy smokes the hide function is working on mobile.

HUNViking
Reply to  Mick
5 June 2022 3:24 am

Nice, this place keeps getting better and better.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 June 2022 9:12 pm

Canโ€™t beat that.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 June 2022 10:30 pm

Wish I was fishing

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  Gone fishin'
5 June 2022 12:14 pm

That is nice!

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
4 June 2022 4:29 pm

5 Avs at -130 tonight or no?

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SkoIdiers
4 June 2022 4:48 pm

Want Avs to win but think Oil cover puck line.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  norseman1
4 June 2022 5:25 pm

Probably gonna take avs at +1.5 and parlay it with over at 4.5. Probably be around -150ish

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  SkoIdiers
4 June 2022 6:05 pm

Oil desperate, i’d hate to bet on this game. May come down to goalie and PP.

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  norseman1
4 June 2022 7:15 pm

Nothing big. Got in at -190 for +1.5 avs and over 4.5 total goals.

Might take avs ML now

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  SkoIdiers
4 June 2022 10:31 pm

Win win for Skolly ๐Ÿ™‚

HUNViking
Reply to  SkoIdiers
5 June 2022 3:34 am

Avs looking good, series is pretty much over.

Fivefingers
Reply to  SkoIdiers
5 June 2022 10:26 am

sorry, missed this. hopefully you took it

SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
4 June 2022 4:28 pm

Haha nice GF! Used my picture I loaded into the system. Was playing around with how to write an article the other day

Lifer
Admin
4 June 2022 2:14 pm

Hotter than the hubs of hell out there today. Got my new drive belt on my mower and cut the grass that was higher than a Mendocino soy boi. Yard looks like Augusta. Played golf this am at sunrise. Beautiful morning, played like shit.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Lifer
4 June 2022 3:22 pm

Playing a short tricky course tomorrow at 7 a.m. My specialty because I hit the ball very straight, especially with my irons but not very long. Last time I played there I shot 78.

ChiVikesFan
ChiVikesFan
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 3:35 pm

Well done! Breaking 80 is not easy even on a shorter course. I am hopeful for a few sub 80 rounds this year. Worked a lot in the simulator over the winter and gained an extra club in distance across the board.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend folks!

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 10:54 am

Gotta go get my hair cut etc… stay safe and have fun!

Fivefingers
4 June 2022 10:15 am

Looks like skolly, mick, feezey and many many others are out of luck now

millen.jpg
SkoIdiers
SkoIdiers
Reply to  Fivefingers
4 June 2022 4:29 pm

Lol

DE Viking
4 June 2022 9:56 am

Mini camp cut by a day.
My guess is because of injuries.

Fivefingers
Reply to  DE Viking
4 June 2022 10:10 am

he’s out for year, many more the same soon and I win all my bets

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Fivefingers
4 June 2022 10:26 am

Sad that you take such schadenfreude at any malady the Vikings endure.

Fivefingers
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 10:28 am

Not at all, old team, bound to get injuries. All teams get them.

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Fivefingers
4 June 2022 10:53 am

The Minnesota Vikings have the 3rd youngest team in the NFL (based on average age) and the 7th youngest team in the 4 major sports.

Fivefingers
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 10:55 am

Go look at the starters on D….. they are young BECAUSE they have all their cap tied up in beaker, kendricks, Z, smith, thelen- all over 30.

Mick
Mick
Reply to  Fivefingers
4 June 2022 12:50 pm

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Fivefingers
4 June 2022 3:10 pm

You said the Vikings are old. I looked it up and they are the 3rd youngest team in the league. Then you spout this. Move the goal posts as usual. I like you Five but you somewhat routinely say things that are patently false.

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 3:34 pm

Young generally means new guys and most suck. As chief said, young= bad. We will be much younger next year after getting rid of Smith and AT and maybe Cook

No longer New Vikings Fan
Reply to  Kodiak
4 June 2022 3:59 pm

But as I said, we’re already the 3rd youngest team in the league, so getting younger isn’t a priority. Yes we have a couple players that are a little senior, but overall compared to the rest of the league we’re not old at all.

As to the comment that young = bad, I’m not real sure where that correlation comes from or if it’s based in any sort of fact.

Fivefingers
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
5 June 2022 10:27 am

starters are old as dirt

Kodiak
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 1:48 pm

Lol, lies, damn lies and stats. Wait till we get to 53. Then again if 5-6 starters are on IR by then and we are starting practice squad, we could be young.

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Kodiak
4 June 2022 1:57 pm

Young generally equates to bad, so…………….

Kodiak
Reply to  norseman1
4 June 2022 2:04 pm

Exactly, we’re going to suck

Lifer
Admin
Reply to  Kodiak
4 June 2022 2:20 pm

Predicting injuries and thus the quality of the team is illogical.

Kodiak
Reply to  Lifer
4 June 2022 3:35 pm

predicting anything in sports is illogical, I fully agree.

No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 9:54 am

GF working hard on Saturday trying to make the site better. We’ll get there. At least we have a site where freedom rings!

VikingPhilip
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 10:10 am

HUNViking
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 10:38 am

FloridaSKOL
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 10:42 am

JW_15807
JW_15807
Reply to  No longer New Vikings Fan
4 June 2022 11:22 am

freedom rings, or reigns? Asking for a friend.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  JW_15807
4 June 2022 12:24 pm

Some people like rings.

VikingPhilip
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 June 2022 12:26 pm

Some like reins.

HUNViking
Reply to  VikingPhilip
4 June 2022 2:02 pm

norseman1
norseman1
4 June 2022 9:36 am

Twins AA team pound the rock, i’m shocked.

Mick
Mick
4 June 2022 9:29 am

norseman1
norseman1
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 June 2022 9:35 am

That’s cheating.

Fivefingers
Reply to  norseman1
4 June 2022 10:11 am

@maybe he’s a biden poll watcher?@

VikingPhilip
Reply to  Fivefingers
4 June 2022 10:13 am

HUNViking
Reply to  norseman1
5 June 2022 3:33 am

Well, technically… yes, it is ๐Ÿ˜„

HUNViking
Reply to  Gone fishin'
4 June 2022 10:34 am

First auto rec!

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Gone fishin'

Gone fishin'

I'm a dad, husband, Army vet, believer, and a die-hard, life-long Vikings fan from the great state of North Dakota. I've been a Viking fan dating back to 1980, I've been covering the Vikings for nearly a decade, and I founded Skoloholics in 2022. I work in real estate and property management, I love spending time with family, working in the yard, doing anything in the outdoors, and as you can tell from my username, I love fishing. SKOL!!!!!!!!!!

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